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Space shuttle legacy : how we did it and what we learned /
"This book, more than any other, distills and captures the historical essence of the Space Shuttle program from its post-Apollo inception to its winding down and retirement in 2011. The Shuttle program is the single most significant, and among the most inspirational, science and technology prog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reston, Virginia :
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Library of flight.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book, more than any other, distills and captures the historical essence of the Space Shuttle program from its post-Apollo inception to its winding down and retirement in 2011. The Shuttle program is the single most significant, and among the most inspirational, science and technology programs in human history to date. ... [The authors] assess the program's historic impact upon our technoculture as the world's premiere "big science" and "high technology" program, both in terms of its stunning and unique benefits and its immeasurable and troubling opportunity costs - both inspirational and practical."--Page vii |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781624102172 1624102174 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |